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Index of Botanical Specimens
Name
Agave
Linnaeus
Authorship
Linnaeus
Rank
Genus
NomenclaturalStatus
NomLeg
Placed in
Agavaceae
Contains
Agave angustifolia
Haworth
Agave apedicellata
Thiede & Eggli
Agave bahamana
Trelease
Agave braceana
Trelease
Agave brevipetala
Trelease
Agave brevispina
Trelease
Agave brunnea
S. Watson
Agave bulliana
(Baker) Thiede & Eggli
Agave cacozela
Trelease
Agave caribiicola
Trelease
Agave chrysoglossa
I. M. Johnston
Agave collina
Greenman
Agave confertiflora
Thiede & Eggli
Agave cupreata
Trelease & A. Berger
Agave debilis
A. Berger
Agave deserti
Engelmann
Agave dolichantha
Thiede & Eggli
Agave duplicata
(Lexarza) Thiede & Eggli
Agave eduardi
Trelease
Agave falcata
Engelmann
Agave filifera
Salm-Dyck
Agave flexispina
Trelease
Agave guttata
Jacobi & C. D. Bouché
Agave hartmanii
S. Watson
Agave heteracantha
Zuccarini
Agave huachucensis
Baker
Agave inaguensis
Trelease
Agave intermixta
Trelease
Agave intrepida
Greenman
Agave jaliscana
(Rose) A. Berger
Agave kaibabensis
McKelvey
Agave kirchneriana
A. Berger
Agave lechuguilla
Torrey
Agave Littaea
(Tagliabue) Baker
Agave maculosa
Hooker
Agave Millspaughii
Trelease
Agave multifilifera
Gentry
Agave nashii
Trelease
Agave neonelsonii
Thiede & Eggli
Agave neopringlei
Thiede & Eggli
Agave owenii
I. M. Johnston
Agave palustris
(Rose) Thiede & Eggli
Agave parryi
Engelmann
Agave parviflora
Torrey
Agave pedunculifera
Trelease
Agave planifolia
S. Watson
Agave platyphylla
(Rose) Thiede & Eggli
Agave polianthiflora
Gentry
Agave potosina
B. L. Robinson & Greenman
Agave pringlei
Engelmann ex Baker
Agave protuberans
Engelmann ex Baker
Agave rigida
Miller
Agave rosei
Thiede & Eggli
Agave schidigera
Lemaire
Agave schottii
Engelmann
Agave sessiliflora
Hemsley
Agave shawii
Engelmann
Agave singuliflora
(S. Watson) A. Berger
Agave sisalana
Perrine ex Engelmann
Agave sp.
Agave striata
Zuccarini
Agave tigrina
(Engelmann) Cory
Agave utahensis
Engelmann
Agave variegata
Jacobi
Agave vestita
S. Watson
Agave vilmoriniana
Berger
Agave virginica
Linnaeus
Agave yuccifolia
de Candolle ex Redouté
Remarks
Lectotype (vide Britton & P. Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico 5: 156. 1923): A. americana L.
Citation
1753
Sp. Pl.
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